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/kˈɔːʃəsnəs/
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[ US /ˈkɔʃəsnəs/ ]
[ US /ˈkɔʃəsnəs/ ]
NOUN
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the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger
a man of caution
How To Use cautiousness In A Sentence
- The cautiousness is a change from Sago, but in some ways Manchin is playing the same role: comforter-in-chief to a state whose identity is so linked with coal that a statue of a miner graces the grounds of the Capitol. SFGate: Top News Stories
- His followers Johann Kaspar Spurzheim and George Combe divided the scalp into areas they labeled with traits such as combativeness, cautiousness, and form perception.
- I have been amazed at much of the cautiousness displayed in much of the current analysis of the dying giant.
- While his voice was hardly dissenting, it was heavy with cautiousness and pragmatism.
- There -- it's so close, too, that both sides are playing it so cautiously, and that kind of cautiousness doesn't translate into great television. CNN Transcript - Sunday Morning News: How Are Political Ads Impacting Campaign 2000? - October 22, 2000
- Mr. Lincoln had told McClellan during his visit to the army that his great fault was "overcautiousness. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1 April 1861-November 1863
- The proceeds are not shared with the public at large, and the effects are not to change physician medical behavior, but instead to practice overcautiousness, in word, deed, and testing. "Every time you post, recite the following to yourself as though it were a mantra: 'I am cutting rope with which to hang myself....'"
- David had observed Captain Esteban's tendency toward overcautiousness. THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK
- This wasn't merely overcautiousness or simple misjudgment. Forbes.com: News
- Confidence in the market is coming back, until the last week there was some amount of scepticism, some amount of cautiousness which is starting to go away because people are getting optimistic about the second quarter results and about India's prospects. Moneycontrol Top Headlines